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Spent Flyers vs. NHL's best team turns ugly

THEY'RE GASSED.

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Capitals 6, Flyers 1

It shows in the plays they make - or, more accurately, don't make. The puck finally moves around on the power play, the open man gets the cross-ice feed, and instead of firing immediately, Claude Giroux's legs are a half-stride late, delaying the shot, allowing Braden Holtby to position himself.

Jakub Voracek is late to a fat rebound in Game 1. Matt Read seems late for everything. He and Brayden Schenn get called for the kind of slashes that come from tired legs.

Reaching.